On 02.17.12, In Albums, by Nasty Nate
This LP right here should dead the argument that battle MC’s can’t make music. Yesterday, Montreal’s own and King of the Dot heavyweight, Loe Pesci dropped his 10-track debut LP Good X 2. The rhymes and production on the album are top notch. Another Real City standout, The Narcicyst, is featured heavily on the project, “Life Changing” being a prime example of both their skills. Check it out and support if you like it.
On 01.26.12, In Albums, by Nasty Nate
CALiPH released his debut album on Tuesday. This dude is a super talented rapper/singer from the GTA. Here is an excerpt from the press release:
“The Resignation quickly climbed the iTunes Top Hip Hop/Rap Album charts peaking at #23 on its first day of release. The groundbreaking 16 tracks on the album are composed of melodies originating from old-school Soul, smooth R&B, and classic Hip Hop/Rap. Diverse is under-rating the versatility of the tracks on The Resignation. Featuring production from Rich Kidd, M-Phazes, Boonie Mayfield, OB Keys, Izzy The Kidd, JusaMelody, East.Boro Productions, Chemist Productions and Martin Lloyd along with appearances from L., Lisa Banton, Nicole Edwards and DL Incognito.”
Click the full post for the full press release and info on his show in Newmarket tomorrow night.
Just released yesterday on January 17 (my birthday) producer/artist Slakah The Beatchild shared his album The Other Side of Tomorrow. The Slakadeliqs is Slakah the Beatchild’s alter ego and is the result of four years writing, experimenting and exploring different groups of musical influences than most would expect.
“The Slakadeliqs explains, “What’s most important to me is that as many people have access to my music. I know times are rough right now and even if you don’t have the dough you still deserve to have great music. But in addition to this, I want the people to decide for them self what the value of these songs are to them, so I’ve decided to make the album “pay what you can” with no minimum.”
The Other Side of Tomorrow Track Listing:
1. Keep Breathing ft. Justin Nozuka
2. Call Me Your Friend ft. Sandie Black
3. Dear Lucy
4. Love Controls the Sun ft. Justin Nozuka
5. When the World Falls Apart
6. Dream On
7. Beneath it All ft. King Reign and Shad
8. Defective
9. Perfect Summer Night ft. Tingsek
10. Speed of Time
11. Love Judge ft. Tingsek and Ebrahim
12. Nine 2 Five ft. Tingsek
13. Everything for Nothing ft. Tanika Charles
14. The Other Side of Tomorrow
Check the full post to listen and download the album on the bandcamp player.
We love building with artists that stand for something REAL. People who are talented, passionate, and are pursuing their dreams. That is the reason The Come Up Show is supporting the Antiheroes, Flex and Sha Prince are talented dudes who made an amazing album and now have decided to give it you for free. Enough said on my part, please read what the Antiheroes had to say and once you’ve finished reading their statement head to the bandcamp player below to download the album for free.
We understand that times are changing. In order to succeed in any market these days, you must adapt. I guess you can say your first project is looked at as a resume of sorts, which is why we have decided to give you our debut LP for free. In a time where music is disposable, we wanted to produce something memorable. Something with staying power. We definitely feel that we achieved that goal.
We faced many ups and downs while recording this project, including talks of hanging it up and passively letting music fall into the monotonous hole that seems to grow bigger every day. Most of these talks stemmed from us being so passionate about what we put into this record. We knew the chance of it being slept on and looked over among all the top 40, bubblegum music that dominates this industry was high. It is a justified fear, but not one that we felt should stop the process. You know what they say: how can you win if you never try? We pushed. We felt it needed to be heard. There is so much to be said about this album and I hope each of you walks away with something that you relate to. Because at the end of the day, it’s all about connecting. I’m not sure at what point up-and-coming artists felt it was ok to put themselves on a pedestal and not be relatable. We are all in this together ─ either chasing dreams, working thankless jobs, or just trying to find a purpose and truly live for something. We want to thank all of you who purchased the physical album or picked it up on itunes or other digital outlets. We appreciate the love. There is no greater feeling than looking out at a show and seeing people who truly believe in what you are doing. We can only hope you understand how much we bleed for this music; and if you don’t, we hope this will help you see.
#thisisfreeDUMB
The Antiheroes.
Over the last month, I re-recorded all the vocals on City in a proper studio, remastered the tracks, changed a couple mixes and added 2 brand new bonus tracks. This Edition really is deluxe! Check it out and let me know what you think. Don Cash.
It’s been a minute since I heard from Don Cash, when I checked our music inbox I wasn’t sure if this was the same Don Cash who made songs like Downtown Girl, Trans Am, and others. When I visited his facebook fan page I got my confirmation, it’s good to hear more music from him, and I have to say I haven’t figured out Don Cash yet and that might be a good thing.
He sings, raps, produces and everyone nowadays is multi talented but with Don Cash, he almost creates different type of genres. Like I said I couldn’t tell if this was him in his latest project City because it definitely sounds so different from the previous links I posted. Check it out for yourself, I do dig it though and will continue to keep supporting him!
Download: Don Cash- City
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Early in 2011 I remember playing Real by Crown A’ Thornz on The Come Up Show and the phone immediately started to ring, the listeners were feeling this track a lot and wanted to know the name ASAP. Almost a year later Crown A’ Thornz which consists of members, J Wyze, Eklipz, & Kolor Brown have released their first full length album titled Core A Nation for free download. Check the promo video below and download the album for your listening pleasure.
Download: Crown A’ Thornz- Core -A- Nation
One thing I look forward to every Christmas are Moka Only Martian Xmas album!! He has been going for at least 6-7 years releasing these christmas albums!! You can listen and download the full album on bandcamp.
Multitalented producer/rapper Moka Only delivers his yearly “Martian Xmas” treat. As always, it includes exclusive tracks only crafted specifically for this project, and IT’S FREE! Ho ho ho..
“Martian Xmas 2011″ features 16 brand new tracks cooked up especially for this project, a real christmas treat for the listener! Expect the usual doses of ever-smoothly delivered witty raps, lo-fi samples, clever productions and other odd beats all tied together like only Moka can.
Funny earlier today I posted up a new video from Art of Fresh and just a few hours later they release their second album When The Night Comes In for free. It’s a beautiful thing!!! Just click play and listen to this album if you like what you hear download it!!
It’s exam time and if you’re like me, y’all enjoy studying to some dope instrumentals. This collection by DJ Burn One and his 5 Points production crew (Ricky Fontaine, Walt Live & The Professor) was released back in July, and is still my favourite beat tape of the year. Burn One has produced for Freddie Gibbs, Pill, Yelawolf and Gucci Mane, so you know there is a certain southern style to these joints. Below is a fitting track, “School Daze”:
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Download the 15 track album here courtesy of The Smoking Section.
It’s been a long time coming for Slakah’s album The Slakadeliqs. Beatchild’s new group “The Slakadeliqs” will be releasing a full length album on January 17, 2012 (my birthday) and the album will feature Justin Nozuka, Ebrahim, Tingsek, Ayah & Shad and Tanika Charles. The Slakadeliqs will be free for sixty days!! So join Slakah’s fanpage for more to stay update for now enjoy the teaser above and let us know what you think.
In 2010 Anthony “Durty Keyz” James from production duo Burd & Keyz passed away suddenly from a bacterial infection called Streptococcus. He was 23 years old. Before he passed, he had started a project called Keyz of Life. In his honour his production partner Andrew “Burd” Liburd decided to finish the project. Featuring artists like Kardinal Offishall, Luu Breeze, Nickelus F, SonReal, Blake Carrington, Shi Wisdom, A-Game, Omar Lunan, Promise, Redway, Rich Kidd, Rochester, Divine Brown and more, Keyz of Life not only pays homage to Keyz but also to his flourishing home city of Toronto. Set for a December release, Keyz of Life has already garnered critical acclaim for its singles “R.N.T.” by Rich Kidd feat. DJ Grouch and “LoveSpeak” by Shi Wisdom feat. KJ.
I know how special this album is to Burd and to the many people who loved, respected, the talent of Keyz. Let’s remember him by listening to this album because music is forever!!
You can listen to the album in full on the bandcamp player below.
Download: Burd & Keyz – Keyz of Life
